PRIVATE SPENDING ON EDUCATION IN EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDS

This article aims to present differences and changes in private expenditure on education in European households, with particular emphasis on Polish households. The analysis is carried out based on data from Eurostat and Statistics Poland. The research methods used include, among others, the simple regression method, Ward’s method, and the k-means method. In 2021, the highest share of education expenditure in relation to total expenditure was recorded in Cyprus. The lowest share of private spending on education occurred in Sweden, Belgium, and Finland. In most European countries, the percentage of spending on education in relation to total spending has increased. The share of expenditure on education in Polish households was most similar to that of households from Lithuania, Denmark, and the Netherlands. A comparison of different types of Polish households showed that most of the money spent on education was by self-employed people, the richest people, and people from large cities.